Riccardo Giacconi's Impact on Japanese X-ray Astronomy
Giacconi
’
s impact on
Japanese X-ray astronomy
Hideyo Kunieda
Nagoya University
Riccardo Giacconi
(1931-2018)
First encounter
V
isit
to
Nagoya
in
1976
Text
Book
“
X-ray
Astronomy”
G
iacconi
&Gursky(1974)
Rocket
Experiment
in
June
1
962
My motivation for pressing forward was
“a deep-seated faith in the boundless
resourcefulness of nature, which so often leaves
the most daring imagination of man far behind”.
In 1978-1979
Hakucho
Feb. 21, 1979
96 kg
UHURU
(1970)
６４
kg
Einstein
(Nov. 13, 1978)
3130 kg
Soft X-ray
Telescope
Proportional Counter
with Modulation Collimators
In 1990
’
s
ASCA
(
Feb. 20, 1993)
420 kg
High throughput
X-ray telescopes
FL = 3.6 m
E≤ 10 keV
Nobel
Lecture
i
n
Tokyo
February 27, 2004
At
the
time
of
UHURU,
w
e
got a “Hot Line” to nature,
I felt.
The next step in Dr. Giacconi’s plan to
open a new hotline to nature
,,,,
(In the
OBITUARIES
of the New York Times on Dec. 13, 2018.)
During ALAM meeting
(NAOJ)
Last encounter
"X-Ray Astronomy: towards the next50 years!”
(October 2012 at Milan)
The sensitivity and area of the planned Subaru surveys,
as well as other wide-area surveys planned at other
wavelengths over the next decade, are a great match for
WFXT's ambitious science goals.
We are concentrating
to
ASTRO-H
preparation to
focus on soft X-ray high resolution spectroscopy and
broad band imaging, which are complementary to the
high resolution imaging.
Riccardo
’
s impact on
Japanese X-ray astronomy
Hideyo Kunieda
Nagoya University
Thank you chairperson for the kind introduction. I am Hideyo Kunieda from Nagoya University.
It is great honor for me to make a talk here the Memorial Symposium to honor Dr. Ricardo Giacconi. I would like to mention how Ricardo stimulated the Japanese X-ray astronomers and how we have been contributing to astronomy sometimes in complementary ways, but are aiming at the same direction to explore the mysteries of the Universe through X-ray observations.
Riccardo Giacconi played a significant role in Japanese X-ray astronomy, influencing the first generation of X-ray astronomers in Japan and contributing to the development of X-ray telescopes. His visits and collaborations with Japanese scientists, such as Hideyo Kunieda and Yasuo Tanaka, were instrumental in advancing the field. Giacconi's work paved the way for groundbreaking projects like ASCA and Chandra, leaving a lasting legacy in the realm of X-ray astronomy.
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Giacconis impact on Japanese X-ray astronomy Hideyo Kunieda Nagoya University
First generation X-ray astronomers in Japan Minoru Oda (1923-2001) 1953-1956 1963-1966 MIT(Rossi) Satio Hayakawa (1923-1992) Riccardo Giacconi (1931-2018) Yasuo Tanaka (1931-2018) 1963-1967 Leiden(Netherlands)
First encounter Visit to Nagoya in 1976 Text Book X-ray Astronomy Giacconi &Gursky(1974) My motivation for pressing forward was a deep-seated faith in the boundless resourcefulness of nature, which so often leaves the most daring imagination of man far behind . Rocket Experiment in June 1962
In 1978-1979 Einstein (Nov. 13, 1978) 3130 kg Hakucho Feb. 21, 1979 96 kg UHURU (1970) kg Soft X-ray Telescope Proportional Counter with Modulation Collimators
ASCA Chandra (Jul. 23, 1999) 4800 kg In 1990 s (Feb. 20, 1993) 420 kg X-ray telescope FL=10m E 10 keV High throughput X-ray telescopes FL = 3.6 m E 10 keV
Nobel Lecture in Tokyo During ALAM meeting (NAOJ) February 27, 2004 At the time of UHURU, we got a Hot Line to nature, I felt. The next step in Dr. Giacconi s plan to open a new hotline to nature,,,, (In the OBITUARIES of the New York Times on Dec. 13, 2018.)
Last encounter "X-Ray Astronomy: towards the next50 years! (October 2012 at Milan) Lunch meeting on Wide Field X-ray Telescope (WFXT) The sensitivity and area of the planned Subaru surveys, as well as other wide-area surveys planned at other wavelengths over the next decade, are a great match for WFXT's ambitious science goals. Perseus Cluster Mar. 2016 Riccardo Giacconi Stephen S Murray Martin C. Weisskopf Tommaso Maccacaro Roberto Della Ceca Gianpiero Tagliaferri Sergio Campana Oberto Citterio Maurizio Paolillo Paolo Tozzi Roberto Gilli Stefano Borgani Piero Rosati Yasuo Tanaka Hideyo Kunieda Tadayuki Takahashi Kazuo Makishima We are concentrating to ASTRO-H preparation to focus on soft X-ray high resolution spectroscopy and broad band imaging, which are complementary to the high resolution imaging.
Riccardos impact on Japanese X-ray astronomy Hideyo Kunieda Nagoya University
